Zhuang is the second largest ethnic group in China, mainly in western and northern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, southeast Yunnan Province, Guangdong Province and other areas.
Zhuang is one of the minorities in China, with its own national customs and religious beliefs. How much do you know about the origin of the Zhuang nationality? Here is a brief introduction.
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The Zhuang nationality is mainly distributed in the southern border of China, with a population of more than 17 million in 2010. It is the second largest and most populous ethnic minority in China.
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The Zhuang people have lived in the west and north of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the southeast of Yunnan Province, the border area between Guangdong Province, Guizhou Province and Hunan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and the northern border of Vietnam; some modern Zhuang people have moved to Guangdong Province due to work, marriage and other reasons And all over China.
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The Zhuang nationality is an indigenous people of Lingnan. Since 214 BC, Lingnan entered the jurisdiction of the Central Plains regime. In 1965, the old name “Tong Nationality” was changed to “Zhuang Nationality”. The Zhuang nationality has an ancient and unique ethnic culture, which has continued from ancient times and has integrated into a certain Han culture. About 90% of the communication language of the Zhuang people is the Zhuang language. The modern Zhuang young people have both the listening ability to express the Chinese language and the Zhuang language.
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Zhuang people have no unified religious belief. The Zhuang people believe in many gods, such as the god of heaven, the god of thunder, the god of earth, the god of boulders, the god of trees, the god of frogs, the goddess of flowers and the gods of ancestors.
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The Zhuang nationality is one of the earliest ethnic groups to cultivate and grow rice. The rice farming culture is very developed, and rice has naturally become the staple food of the Zhuang people. There are various ways to make rice, such as steaming, boiling, frying, stewing, deep-frying, etc. All kinds of rice, rice porridge, rice noodles, rice cakes, glutinous rice cakes, zongzi, glutinous rice balls, etc. are the daily favorite foods of the Zhuang people.
